Environment

Global challenges like climate change, drought, flooding, and deforestation are closely tied to economics, politics, and other dimensions of human behavior. This content channel showcases recent research from across UC Berkeley related to both natural and built environments.

UC Berkeley social psychologist Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton researches the far-reaching effects that stereotypes and prejudice can have on minority student performance—and considers new support systems that could help address this challenge.